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Eco India: How can India deal with its mounting tyre waste?
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Cricket, class and baila: The many layers of Sri Lanka’s celebrated Royal Thomian sports encounter
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Why SC’s recognition of right to be free from climate change impact is cause for cautious optimism
It is a commendable declaration, but how courts deal with subsequent cases will be the real test.
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Democracy: A new book questions whether the people (or the experts) are always right
An excerpt from ‘Adventures in Democracy: The Turbulent World of People Power’, by Erica Benner.
Erica Benner
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‘Late Night with the Devil’ review: A deft satire on the price of success
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By mixing Carnatic and Hindustani, Mysore’s kings helped create a unique body of music
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‘My son lost his job during demonetisation but at least it removed black money’
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The real reason why Modi says what he does – Hindu India accepts it
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The Assam voter who no longer supports the BJP because of the CAA
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For better or for worse? Shifts in gender norms in India – in 12 charts
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Why is BJP wooing Bengali-origin Muslims in Assam?
The party’s pitch to Muslim voters is based on its welfare programmes, caste politics, and, in some cases, fear.
Rokibuz Zaman
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EU splurges on border controls, thousands of miles away in other countries, to curb migrants
Rights groups say the bloc is putting millions of lives at risk by cutting deals with countries that do not share its democratic values or uphold human rights.
Beatrice Tridimas, Thomson Reuters Foundation
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As wetlands of Assam’s Majuli island go dry, ecology thrown out of balance
Bird populations are declining while residents are struggling to catch fish amid a threat to livelihoods.
Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes